Why did my brand new Shinko 009 Raven have 'Made in Korea' branded on it in so many places if they are made in China?
(as an aside, I'm getting through the break in, and they aren't as confidence inspiring as some... but I expect much longer tread life. Havent' slipped or anything, just haven't felt quite as sticky. Not a biggie though, I wasn't expecting a gumball for $99 delivered.)
LT
They are Korean made tires. Supposedly they bought out a Yokohama rubber factory and all the equipment and are producing them in South Korea.
Why there are so many failures with these, I'll never know. There's been a 7% failure rate on the Shinko 757 front tires. That's too high for me.
I was talking to a coffee-stop local guy who rides a PC800 and had a rear Shinko blow out on him @ 5 or 6 thousand miles.
Massive tread separation for me @ 3,000 miles.
So that's two tire companies off my list.
1. Michelin (just a spiteful boycott for discontinuing the finest touring perofrmance tire ever, the Pilot GT)
2 Shinko for simply their crap bike rubber. I have to say however Shinko's customer service was very responsive in this matter for me, I had a new replacement set of Metzlers in 3 weeks.
